The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-08-26
THE DAKOTA HARVEST.
a Glorious Result, FORTY Million
Bushels of Wheat.-- Thirty
Million Bushels of Corn.

Inc DAKOTA harvest Is over. Ihat is the
small grains hay been gathered, leaving
the corn and root crops to follow. Bun
already the predictions Of the. PIoNEEB Press,
made through weeks Of opposing reports,
have been more than verified The crop is
not only the largest ever harvested in Da-
kota, but It is larger than the most sanguine
even anticipated The total yield Of wheat
is estimated at forty millions Of bushels;
corn thirty millions, and other crops in pro-
portion. The hay crop has never been so
large, the grass never so lu~xuriant Now
what does all this mean? It means a season
OF unexampled agricultural prosperity for
the territory. 1t means the settlement Of
old scores, the wiping out Of old debts. IL
means an Influx Of emigrants, which is
likely to be larger in thenext twelve months
b ever before. 1t means growth and de.
velopment beside which our past history,
wonderful as it is, wiz pale. But a good
crop is not so unusual in Dakota that the re-
suits from this years yield should be
so wonderful No; Dakota never
has registered a failure in crops
that was anything like total, and
In no state in the Union is the farmer so sure
Of yield, taking one year after another. 1t
is not that which makes the present year
prolific Of important consequences. tits the
comparison which the situation invites Da-
kota is surrounded with failures. Agricult-
ural disaster seems to creep up to her very
doors on the east and stop short on the line.
Beginning IN the far East the burning drouth
has continued through Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Wisconsin, Iowa and even Minnesota.
touching also with its whitening breath the
regions ana states bordering on those men
toned This belt has been regarded as an
agricultural paradise. That so immense a
region should be covered by one years dis
aster is remarkable and also discouraging.
a Dakota, while passing through a SINH
lar season last year, raised a crop which in
most states would have been regarded as
enormous, and this year solipses all previous
records, Is proof positive that here, ii any
where, the husbandman is sure of his reward.
viii seGook at it. They will examine the re-
turns and they will see that all in all there is
not such a region for diversified farming
on this continent as Dakota. Wheat, oats,
rye, barley, fax, are ON almost certain crop
In all parts of the territory. Corn is as sure
south Of the forty-sixth parallel as in Iowa.
and the immense yield this year from Yank-
ton to Fargo shows that it can be cultivated
to advantage in all parts OF Dakota Wheat
is sureri in the north than in Russia or India
and the grooming elevators from Pembina to
Mitchell testify to its uniyersality. Pota-
toes, beets, turnips, almost every variety OF
root crops. and peas and beans thrive SO
marvelously that to tell the truth is to in
wife disbelief. A year ago Montana was re-
garded as the region par excellence for
stock. To-day herds Of cattle from that ter
ritory are being Fought into Dakota, where
Lay is abundant, where shelter can be pro-
yided, whore they are hundreds of miles
nearer market, and where, even last
winter, the severest known for many
years, the loss was smaller than in
almost any state of the Union. Sheep
raising is demonstrated q wonderful
success in the territory and swine thrive far
better than in the damp regions to the south.
Now these are facts. They need to be pom
dered on, and they viii be by the thousands
In the over-populated East DESTROYS Of SEE
curing homes Dakota has its disadvantages
Wood IL scarce, but forests are growing on
almost every homestead The weather is
keen. but the blizzsrd bugaboo has lost Its
Eerrors, and the settler finds that with the
sane provision for comfort, be is as inde-
pendent Of wind and frost here as elsewhere.
Come and look at it, See the opportunities
offered to obtain cheap land and Judge for
yourselves If Dakota ought not to become
your home. In view OF the possibilities Of
this region q new meaning Is given to the
injunction OF Horace Greeley. go
West. young mani Said De Tocque-
vile: populations move westward as
ii driven by the mighty hand
of Cod Says the United States surveyor
general: @The proportion of waste land in
the Territory OF Dakota is less thar in any
state or territory Of the Union Said SEN
ator Wade: by the year 1900 every acre of
good agricultural land in the United States
win be worth $50 an acre. It will 0 be
beyond the reach of the poor Says Dr.
Strong: 4Ihe worlds scepter passed from
Persia tt Greece, from Greece to Italy, from
Italy 70 Great Britain, n from Great
Britain the scepter Is to-day departing 1t
Is passing on to Greater Britain. to our
mighty West. there to remain, for there is
no further West; beyond l. the Orient ? Like
the star in the East which guided the three
kings with their treasures westward, uatil at
length It stood over the cradle OF the young
Christ. go the star Of empire, rising in the
East. has ever eckoned The wealth and power
Of the nations westward, until to-day il
stands over the cradle Of the youne empire
81 the West, to which the nations are bring
ing ~th%ire6erings.
The Eastern natIong sink. thor glory ends,
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